Speeches by Daby.

“Yes.”

“You have answered my second point, Katy, which is about how women can be involved in peace building at a local and national level. You have gone into that, which is excellent. Vianney, would you like to respond to that as well in terms of peacekeeping, both at a local and national level and women’s influence in that ar…”

“Thank you, Hélène; that is all helpful and extremely interesting but also quite troubling to hear. I have a couple of questions. In terms of the gold mines themselves—it may be difficult to explain this—how many mineral mines are there in the area? Does the DRC benefit at all from any of the minerals?”

“Hélène, does the DRC benefit at all from the minerals?”

“Vianney, could you tell me the impact of the conflict in particular on women and girls?”

“Not at all?”

“Returning to the mines, in terms of the illegal extraction of gold and minerals from various small mines, it sounds like a very big operation. I want to get an understanding of how many troops are on the ground in terms of M23 and others, to get a sense of the scale of this type of operation. Hélène, are you aware—”

“You have answered my second point, Katy, which is about how women can be involved in peace building at a local and national level. You have gone into that, which is excellent. Vianney, would you like to respond to that as well in terms of peacekeeping, both at a local and national level and women’s influence in that ar…”

“I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. I know he is aware that public confidence in politicians needs to drastically improve to retain the public’s trust. With that in mind, Reform has been accepting donations from millionaires in cryptocurrency, making it difficult to trace who actually funds it. Does the Prime…”

“Okay. That is the main thing in being able to maintain the service, making sure you have that expertise right at the top and all the way through the teams as well.”

“Did you say you will still have expertise in this? Is that what you have just said?”

“Secretary of State, can you confirm when country allocations of ODA will be made available?”

“One last point: it is absolutely right to work with the grassroots and with Governments but somewhere like South Sudan is not yet in that position to be self-sufficient. That is all I wanted to say.”

“Can I ask one more question, while I have you? We recently met with South Sudan and they were talking about a girls’ education programme, GESS. A letter has been written by the Committee about a 90% cut that is in line to take place from the UK. This will affect the education of a significant number of girls’ education…”

“I want to talk about the delivery of disability inclusion. We are aware that the position of Head of Disability Inclusion at FCDO has been abolished and we would like to know what the future of the disability inclusion team is.”

“How is transitioning from one to the next being monitored and followed through in the countries where this is already happening?”

“Yes.”

“Lovely. Can you provide any more detail on the total level of bilateral ODA designated for the African continent over the next three years?”

“Lovely. I am just going to move on to polio now. How will the Government continue to support global progress towards the eradication of polio?”

“Alongside many inside the House and outside it, I condemn the attack on the Jewish-run ambulance service in Golders Green. The attack was clearly antisemitic, and it is right that the authorities treat it as such. My constituency is a diverse and inclusive place where many people of all ages and faiths live side by sid…”